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Release Notes
for
Multimedia Services V3.4
for Compaq Tru64 UNIX


March 2002
Copyright 1993, 200 by Digital Equipment Corporation
All Rights Reserved
DIGITAL
Digital Equipment Corporation
Maynard, Massachusetts


Preface

This document contains the release notes for Multimedia Services V3.4 for Compaq Tru64 UNIX (MMS).

This document contains information which became available too late to be included in the official product documentation. Please read these release notes thoroughly before attempting to install or use MMS V3.4.

Associated Documents

If you have the subsets listed below installed, the HTML links should take you to the referenced documents while viewing the HTML version of this file from a browser.

You can also reference the HTML files from a single reference point if you have installed any of the MMEDOC, MMEDOCDEV, or MMERELNOTES subsets and the MMERT subset. There is a /usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/MultimediaServices.html file and if you have installed the MMERTCDE subset there is a MultimediaServices.html icon in the Multimedia Services program group in the application manager.

If you have installed the MMERELNOTES304 subset
Cover Letter /usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/cover_letter.html
Release Notes /usr/opt/MME304/ascii_docs/release_notes.txt
/usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/release_notes.html
Software Product Description /usr/opt/MME304/ascii_docs/spd.txt
If you have installed the MMEDOC304 subset
Installation Guide /usr/opt/MME304/ascii_docs/install_guide.txt
/usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/install_guide.html
Application User's Guide /usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/runtime_guide.html
If you have installed the MMEDOCDEV304 subset
Programmer's Guide /usr/opt/MME304/ps_docs/prog_guide.ps.Z

How to Read HTML Documents

An HTML version of this document can be read as follows:
Using netscape Using Mosaic
  1. Select File from the menu
  2. Select Open File... from the File menu
  3. Enter in the box labeled
    Selection
    /usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/release_notes.html
  4. Select OK in the dialog
  1. Select File from the menu
  2. Select Open Local... from the File menu
  3. Enter in the box labeled
    Name of local document to open
    /usr/opt/MME304/html_docs/release_notes.html
  4. Select OK in the dialog

Table of Contents

Product Summary
About This Release
New Features in this Release
Problems Fixed/Changed in This Release
Known Problems
General Problems and Restrictions
Installation Notes
CDE Problems and Restrictions
Waveform Audio Problems and Restrictions
Software H.261 Codec Problems and Restrictions
AlphaVCR Problems and Restrictions
Transcode Problems and Restrictions
Further Information
Trademarks

Product Summary

MMS V3.4 contains support for the following operating systems:

Information about the supported hardware platforms for MMS V3.4 can be found in the SPDs included with the kit.

About This Release

The MMS product is provided as a runtime kit and a development kit. The kits provide support for the

Runtime Kit

The runtime kit is available The runtime kit provides:

Development Kit

The development kit is available The development kit includes the runtime kit and also provides:

New Features in this Release

This updated version of MMS was built to work on Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.1B.

Problems Fixed/Changed in This Release

There were no problems fixed in this release.

Known Problems

This section lists the known problems with this release of MMS.

General Problems and Restrictions

Installation Problems and Restrictions

This section lists the known problems with the installation for this release of MMS.

CDE Problems and Restrictions

This section lists the known problems with the MMERTCDE subset and the CDE desktop for this release of MMS.

Waveform Audio Problems and Restrictions

This section describes problems and restrictions in the waveform audio services along with work-arounds for the problems where known.

Software H.261 Codec Problems and Restrictions

This section describes problems and restrictions in the video codec services for the Software H.261 codec along with work-arounds for the problems where known.

AlphaVCR Problems and Restrictions

This section describes problems and restrictions in the AlphaVCR applet along with work-arounds for the problems where known.

Transcode Problems and Restrictions

This section describes problems and restrictions in the Transcode applet along with work-arounds for the problems where known.

Further Information

A mailing list has been set up by a customer for discussion of MMS and the J300 module. This mailing list is not managed by DIGITAL, but we believe it serves as a useful medium for questions and discussion about our product. In addition, if anyone would like to set up mailing lists for other topics of discussion, we would be happy to mention them in our release notes in future releases.

The following is the message posted on the InterNet about the mailing list.

DEC Multimedia Services and J300 Mailing List

The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss all aspects concerning the DEC Multimedia Services and the J300 Multimedia TURBOchannel module.

All mail to this list must be in direct relation to the DEC Multimedia Services and/or the J300 TURBOchannel module.

The mailing list will be open and un-moderated. We will however keep an eye on it :-) . We hope that the following topics will be discussed:

We hope to be able to provide in the future more services such as an anonymous ftp site for software, and, if possible, FAQ's etc.

How to subscribe:

send an email to: majordomo@foto.chemie.unibas.ch, containing the line
subscribe j300

If the subscription succeeded, the user will be notified. After notification, email to j300@foto.chemie.unibas.ch will be distributed to all members of the mailing list.

Trademarks

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:

the DIGITAL logo
AXP, Alpha AXP, DEC, PowerStorm

The following are third-party trademarks:

PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems, Incorporated.
Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation
Indeo is a registered trademark of Intel
UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries license exclusively through X/Open Company Ltd.
Netscape is a registered trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation